Tens of thousands of civil servants, including teachers, firefighters and healthcare workers, have marched in cities across France to demand higher pay, as students clashed with the police in separate protests over conditions at their schools.
A Chinese flag flutters atop a China customs building, at a terminal of the Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Oct. 30, 2025.
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BEIJING — China's commerce ministry has sent a strong warning to the European Union ahead of expected high-level talks in Beijing next week.
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The University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action
Niu Niu’s “Final Payment” and Dong Jie’s “Zoom In, Zoom Out” each won two prizes at the 10th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival in China.
“Final Payment,” from Shanxi-born Niu, won the Fei Mu Award for best film, along with best actor for Niu’s father, Niu Jianrong. “Zoom In, Zoom Out” took the Fei Mu jury award and the Cinephilia Critics’ Award.
Mariska Hargitay is joining the list of celebrities condemning the seven men accused of sexually assaulting a woman at Cornell University in 2024.
The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star took to her Instagram for a joint post with the Joyful Heart Foundation, an organization she launched in 2004 to support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. “We refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story. Cornell has failed to protect its students,” her statement read.
There are still a few years left in the 2020s, but it’s already been a fantastic decade for science fiction movies. The Dune films are likely the biggest highlight, as director Denis Villeneuve has finally brought the proper scale to Frank Herbert’s novels from the 1960s. The 2010s were certainly a better decade for the superhero sub-genre of sci-fi than the 2020s have been, particularly for Marvel Studios, but there have still been some breakout comic book films like Deadpool & Wolverine, Superman, and Spider-Man movie that broke every box office record in Hollywood history. Even some non-franchise sci-fi films have managed to achieve greatness, like Project Hail Mary.
Cases of antisemitism affecting university students and staff in the UK increased in the last academic year, according to a charity that monitors antisemitic incidents.
The Community Security Trust (CST) said it had recorded 95 "university-related" incidents in the 2025-26 academic year - up from 83 the year before.
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Prosecutors are urging the judge to sentence Michael Smith to 46 months in federal prison to "send a clear message"
The North Carolina man who used artificial intelligence to create thousands of fake songs by invented artists, then unleashed an army of bot accounts to stream the tracks billions of times and siphon millions from royalty pools meant for legitimate artists, should face “significant punishment,” prosecutors say.
The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution that would have forced the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied West Bank, including the killings of nine American citizens by Israeli settlers or security forces over the last few years.
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